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1、Hard work and lack of sleep have _____ her beauty and youth in recent years.
A. worn out B. tried out
C. made out D. sent out
2、Whatever happens ,Ben, ________ drugs.
A. doesn’t take B. not take
C. not taking D. don’t take
3、It was the deep love and encouragement of my teammates_________ helped me gain the greatest strength and meet the challenges in life.
A. what B. which C.who D. that
4、When the captain found the ship was rapidly sinking，he ordered his men to send out a ________ for help.
A.signal B.sign
C.symbol D.signature
5、Smith is poor. He has to manage on _________ $ 10 per week.
A. as few as B. as little as
C. as many as D. as much as
6、________ what I had previously thought, my new biology teacher turned out to be a rather interesting person.
A. In spite of B. As a result of
C. Contrary to D. In addition to
7、Is this school _____ you visited last year?
A. the one B. that C. which D. one
8、Russian President Vladimix Putin, as well as other foreign guesses, to attend Chinese military parade.
A. were invited B. was invited
C. have invited D has invited
9、—If we take a plane, we’ll, of course, have arrived in Paris by next weekend.
—Don’t be sure, we should ________ the weather factors. What shall we do if it is foggy?
A. reflect on B. answer for
C. correspond to D. calculate on
10、We’re glad to see that Jiajiang is developing _______ these years than ever before.
A．quickly B．more quickly C．most quickly
11、When it comes to the majority of the latest technologies in the next 20 years, ________ has greater potential than the technology being developed in these young people’s company, ________ in my eyes will lead to a revolution.
A. nothing; which B. none; where
C. nothing; where D. none; which
12、As is often the case, there are always some barriers in the way, something _____ before we realize the real goal of our life.
A.to be got through B.got through C.getting through D.having been got through
13、The autobiography Becoming by Michelle Obama, _________ about her life in the White House, sold well once on the market.
A. definitely B. essentially C. initially D. accurately
14、I had no idea that one simple comment would ________ such a huge argument.
A.go out
B.go off
C.set out
D.set off
15、She came in for _______ coffee and told me _______ firecrackers kept her awake last night.
A. a, the B. a, 不填
C. the, the D. the, 不填
16、Tom _______ to go upstairs to his room and rest awhile, but his aunt urged him to finish his homework first.
A. should plan B. has planned
C. would plan D. had planned
17、Never drink too much wine again. It ________have got you killed!
A. must B. might C. should D. would
18、The Greens’ shop has been broken into three times in the last two years, ______ resulting in their great loss.
A. each B. ever C. any D. either
19、Does this meal cost $50? I ____something far better than this?
A. prefer B. expect
C. suggest D. suppose
20、If we all agree on the price of the products, let’s ________ the discussion and come into the next part.
A．make up
B．turn up
C．wind up
D．set up
21、The New York Times’ Room for Debate blog has a panel (专门小组) considering the pluses and minuses of summer homework. This has been the subject of debate in our house. Our 11th-grade daughter’s summer assignments were very challenging, to the point where I sometimes wondered if more of her time would have been better spent just riding a bicycle or swimming around a pool.
Here are some opinions from the panel:
Harris Cooper, psychologist, Duke University: “The long summer vacation disrupts the rhythm of instruction, leads to forgetting and requires time be spent reviewing old material when students return to school in the fall. My advice? Teachers, you need to be careful about what and how much summer homework you assign. Summer homework shouldn’t be expected to overcome a student’s learning deficits; that’s what summer school is for. Parents, if the assignments are clear and reasonable, support the teachers.”
Nancy Kalish, co-author of the Case Against Homework: “Schools should rethink summer homework, and not just because it stresses out kids (and parents). The truth is, homework doesn’t accomplish what we assume it does. According to a Duke University review of more than 175 studies, there is little or no connection between homework and standardized test score or long-term achievement in primary school.”
Mark Bauerlein, professor of English at Emory University: “To the general question of whether or not schools should assign summer homework, the answer is ‘Yes.’ The reason comes not only from the brain drain of summer. It relates also to an attitude young people take toward education. They tie knowledge to the syllabus, not to themselves. They read and study to write the paper and score highly in the test, not to furnish their minds. In a word, they regard learning as a classroom thing. That’s all.”
It seems to me that summer homework is a good idea to keep the brain cells moving, but like everything else it should be given in moderation.
【1】Harris Cooper seems to believe that ________.
A. more summer homework causes students’ learning difficulties
B. students should go to summer school if they have no homework
C. teachers should give careful consideration to summer homework
D. parents should tell teachers how much homework their kids need
【2】In the 4th paragraph, Nancy Kalish explains her idea by________.
A. making comparisons B. giving research findings
C. raising questions D. telling stories
【3】Mark Bauerlein might agree that summer homework ________.
A. should be based on the school’s teaching program
B. has no direct connection to students’ higher grades
C. brings more pressure to both students and their parents
D. helps students develop the right attitude toward learning
22、In fairy tales, it's usually the princess that needs protecting. At Google in Silicon Valley, the princess is the one defending the castle. Parisa Tabriz is a 31-year-old with perhaps the most unique job title in engineering- “Google Security Princess”. Her job is to hack into the most popular web browser（浏览器）on the planet, trying to find weaknesses in the system before the “black hats” do. To defeat Google's attackers, Tabriz must firstly think like them.
Tabriz's role has evolved dramatically in the eight years since she first started working at Google. Back then, the young graduate from Illinois University was one of 50 security engineers---today there are over 500.
Cybercrime（网络犯罪）has come a long way in the past decade - from the Nigerian Prince Scam to credit card theft. Tabriz's biggest concern now is the people who find bugs in Google's software, and sell the information to governments or criminals. To fight against this, the company has set up a Vulnerability Rewards Program, paying anywhere from $100 to $ 20, 000 for reported mistakes.
It's a world away from Tabriz's computer-free childhood home in Chicago. The daughter of an Iranian-American doctor father, and Polish-American nurse mother, Tabriz had little contact with computers until she started studying engineering at college. Gaze across a line-up of Google security staff today and you'll find women like Tabriz are few and far between（稀少的）--- though in the last few years she has hired more female tech geniuses. She admits there's an obvious gender disequilibrium in Silicon Valley.
Funnily enough, during training sessions Tabriz first asks new colleagues to hack into not a computer, but a vending machine. Tabriz's job is as much about technological know-how（专门知识）as understanding the psychology of attackers.
【1】What can we learn about Tabriz from the passage?
A. She was the first female engineer at Google.
B. She must think differently so as to defeat the attackers.
C. Her job relates to not only technology but also psychology.
D. Her frequent contact with computers in childhood benefits her a lot.
【2】Why has Google set up a Vulnerability Rewards Program?
A. To protect Google against cybercrime.
B. To monitor the normal operation of Google.
C. To help the government locate the cybercriminals.
D. To raise people's awareness of personal information safety.
【3】What does the underlined word “disequilibrium” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Imbalance. B. Preference. C. Difference. D. Discrimination.
【4】Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?
A. What leads to cybercrime
B. The “Security Princess” who guards Google
C. Measures taken by Google to protect its users
D. How to become an excellent security engineer
23、Welcome to Sun Bright Hotel, New York
Introduction
This hotel is perfect for student travelers on a low budget or travelers looking for an inexpensive, limited service hotel, and wanting to stay in New York City.
The sleeping rooms are small and quipped with a 13-inch TV with cable. Guests walk up one flight of stairs to reach the rooms and the lobby(大厅) on the second floor. No bathroom in the rooms, and they are located in each floor and shared.
There is no restaurant in the hotel, but there are many Asian restaurants within a two-minute walk from the hotel. The hotel’s location in Chinatown provides its guests with world-class eateries within blocks. It is also only blocks from great Italian restaurants in Little Italy, approximately a five-minute walk from the hotel. Located in Manhattan’s Chinatown district, the hotel is a walking distance to many famous supermarkets on Canal Street, Little Italy, Tribeca, SoHo and the Financial District.
Room and Accommodation
Connection for laptop
Air conditioning
Satellite television
Direct dial phone
Automatic wake-up call
Location and Contact Information
Address: 140 Hester Street New York NY 10013 United States
Hotline: 400-830-2353
Email: hotels@fnetravel.com
Book your room here!
【1】We can learn that the hotel is .
A. fashionable B. plain
C. high D. grand
【2】What service is provided in the hotel?
A. Delicious breakfast B. Free Wi-Fi
C. Automatic wake-up service D. Fitness equipment
【3】We can infer that it is very convenient for guests in the hotel to .
A. see a film B. attend a concert
C. visit a zoo D. go shopping
24、I was twenty-two, and in Bolivia. I’d been to every other country in South America, and now I was set on getting into Chile, the last on the list.
After several days, I reached the hills. It was cold, and even the distant mountains were clear. The days were lonely, but one evening I met Filomeno and his fellow teachers. They tried to persuade me not to go to Chile, saying it was a bad place, and that I would be killed. I didn’t believe them. I knew nothing of the current politics; I just wanted to go there.
So I walked into the mountains, feeling excited, and came to a sign with the word "Chile" on it. A frightening soldier appeared, stuck a gun in my back, and pushed me down a slope to the police station. The police chief then told me, "There’s nothing for you here." I explained that I had come to see this beautiful country. But he was annoyed.
In the evening they filled me with food. There was laughter, and I was less tense. Then the police chief took me to a tiny cell. I lay down on the mattress (垫子). Even though I had no light and none of my possessions, I felteuphoric. At least I had arrived! And what a story I’d have to tell! The next morning I was released, and I was told that Chile didn’t want me. Throwing my belongings into my backpack, I shouted and screamed at the soldiers. After all this effort I was being sent home! I stomped (以重踏步方式走) towards Bolivia expecting to feel a bullet. But I’d be back! I told myself.
【1】The author went to Chile to ______.
A. visit his friend Filomeno B. settle there forever
C. complete his trip plan D. risk his life
【2】The underlined word "euphoric" in Paragraph 4 most probably means "______".
A. terrible B. shamed C. bored D. excited
【3】According to the last paragraph, the author lost his temper because ______.
A. he was prevented from entering Chile
B. he was badly treated by the soldiers in Chile
C. it was his last chance to travel
D. his friends had stopped him from going to Chile
【4】What is the passage mainly about?
A. An exciting fight with soldiers in Chile.
B. How the author escaped from Chile.
C. An adventure in Chile.
D. Why the author went to Chile.
25、How to help your kids find a purpose? You don’t have to start with the really big questions. Quick, what’s the meaning of life?” Many of us may not be able to answer that, but that doesn’t ______ our kids don’t have questions or need answers.
“The sense that your personal life is ______ to you is a basis of psychological well-being,” says Michael F. Steger，director of the laboratory for Meaning and Quality of Life at Colorado State University. Not only that，it is tightly tied to being happier, more positive, more ______, more caring, more helpful, more resilient (坚韧), and more satisfied in your life, relationships, and work.
But helping your kids find meaning doesn’t mean parents have to ______ all life’s ancient mysteries, Steger says. The ______ is to understand the difference between the meaning of life and the meaning in life.
“We do not have to start with the biggest and most troubling questions about our lives,” Steger says. “We can start with trying to ______ how, today, right now, we are going to do one thing that makes the story of our lives more positive, or makes a positive difference to someone else.”
With kids in ______ school, Steger says, “At the most basic level, our best hopes for our children are that they feel their lives matter and that they ______.” To start conversations along those lines, says Steger, “You can ask questions about what they think their best ______ or strengths are, whether they have good relationships with other people, whether they care about others. You can ask them about times when they have made a difference, made someone feel better, felt ______ for doing something, or helped someone out. All of these kinds of questions can start a conversation about your kid’s ______ way of being in and contributing to the world.”
In middle school, says Steger, “Kids are being exposed to ideas, behaviors, assumptions, and priorities that might be ______ different from the ones they have always assumed were true.” So for kids this age, parents can start conversations focusing on how your children’s sense of who they are, how they related to others and what life is has been ______.
By high school, according to Steger, “We hope our children see how much their lives matter, see that they are at the beginning of an exciting and strengthening life story, and have some slight ideas about ______.” But the question of what you want to do with your life is too big for a single conversation, says Steger. Instead, he encourages parents to have ______, smaller conversations with their kids about how they view themselves and their lives, and what kind of impact they would like to make.
【1】
A．intend
B．mean
C．remain
D．hope
【2】
A．significant
B．decisive
C．meaningful
D．useful
【3】
A．confident
B．cautious
C．intelligent
D．special
【4】
A．discover
B．present
C．memorize
D．solve
【5】
A．trick
B．occupation
C．address
D．promise
【6】
A．look for
B．pick up
C．deal with
D．figure out
【7】
A．junior
B．advanced
C．elementary
D．senior
【8】
A．make a difference
B．spare no effort
C．take the initiative
D．make a living
【9】
A．specialties
B．qualities
C．features
D．performances
【10】
A．appreciated
B．prepared
C．understood
D．well-known
【11】
A．apparent
B．smart
C．unique
D．appropriate
【12】
A．generally
B．eventually
C．impossibly
D．completely
【13】
A．improving
B．strengthening
C．appearing
D．changing
【14】
A．truth
B．purpose
C．positivity
D．contribution
【15】
A．permanent
B．long-lasting
C．frequent
D．occasional
26、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
We already know that the underwater world is anything but silent. It is full of natural sounds produced by animals and by the motion of the atmosphere and water. But today’s researchers are increasingly concerned about the man-made noises under the water. They are confusing whales and other marine animals
Although hearing is important to all animals, the special qualities of the undersea world emphasize the use of sound. Underwater sound allows marine animals to gather information and communicate at great distances and from all directions. Loud underwater noises can cause damage to their hearing. And nowadays it's becoming too much for marine wildlife. Evidence shows that whales will swim hundreds of miles, rapidly change their depth, and even beach themselves to get away from the sounds of sonar.
You might think lower noises, typically caused by shipping or construction, do not pose a threat to marine animals. In fact, while they may not kill the animals directly, they can disturb their ability to locate food, find mates and avoid predators (掠食动物)).Scientists looked at the effects of noise from small motorboats on coral-reef fish at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. In the lab, the fish had been trained to recognize the smell of three common predators as a threat. Some fish were trained in the presence of boat noise, while the others had training with the natural sounds of the ocean. It turned out that the first group showed no fright reactions when exposed to the predator. However, the other group was scared. And under the influence of underwater noise on this group, only 20 percent of fish survived, compared to almost 70 percent of unexposed fish.
Humans rely on the ocean for its natural resources and biodiversity. The ocean also plays an important role in regulating( 调节)temperatures, As Cousteau said, "For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.
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